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O C T . 1, 1997
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United States'
Looses Ryder
Cup challenge
PIL
Standings
iger Woods may have con
tributed only 1 1/2 points
to the United States ’ losing
Ryder Cup challenge but he said the
emotion-charged weekend was an
“awesome” experience.
The Masters champion and world
number two once again displayed an
Achilles heel in his failure to adjust
to conditions alien to him — just as
he had in the three majors since his
triumph at Augusta in April.
He could muster only one win
from his five matches to go with a
half and three defeats, including a
four and two singles thumping by
Italian Costantino Rocca on Sunday.
“ I t’s called golf. You c a n 't al
ways win. You can only hope you
go aw ay having given your all. I
gave my all,” he said.
“What I take away from this is that
it was a chance for all o f us to get
really close, a bonding experience.
“I can’t believe how great these
ark McGwire hit his
guys are. It’s awesome being part of
58th home run, tying
a team instead o f being alone out
him for the most ever
there.
by a righthanded batter, in the sixth
“You try to beat their butt all year
inning o f the St. Louis C ardinals’
and now they’re cheering for you out
season finale against Chicago on
there. Eleven great guys and an awe
Sunday.
some captain.”
McGwire hit an 0-2 pitch from
W oods lost three o f the first five
Steve Trachsel over the center field
ortland Trail Blazers for
July 1st.
holes against Rocca but said the match
wall, a drive estimated at 414 feet,
ward R asheed W allace,
The 6-11 Wallace was third on the
got away from him finally at the
to lead o ff the sixth. It’s the most
Trail Blazers with averages o f 15.1
who was one o f the N B A ’s
ninth.
homers by a righthanded hitter
points and 6.8 rebounds last season,
most improved players last season,
“I had a chance to win it because
since Hank Greenberg hit 58 in
his first in Portland. He also was
reportedly has agreed to a six-year
he was 20 feet away and I was five
1938. Jimmie Foxx shares the
third in the NBA with a .558 field-
contract extension worth $75 mil
feet away but he made his putt and 1
record, hitting 58 in 1932.
goal percentage and averaged nearly
lion.
missed mine and lost it,” he said.
McGwire pum ped his fist in the
The Columbian, a newspaper in
a block per game.
For a man who said at the start o f
air as he rounded first base. He
Vancouver, Washington, and KFXS
The former North Carolina star
the w eek that m atchplay is his
acknowledged a sellout crowd o f
finished third behind Miami Heat
Radio in Portland, Oregon are re
favourite form o f golf it was a major
46,065 when he made a curtain
center Isaac Austin and Toronto Rap
porting that Wallace has agreed to
disappointment
call, stepping out the dugout and
tors guard Doug Christie in voting
the deal, the biggest in club history.
“Matchplay is the epitome, one on
waving.
for Most Improved Player.
It would surpass the seven-year, $63
one, you don’t get the chance to do it
McGwire has 24 home runs in
Wallace was selected fourth over
million package given this summer
very often. More emotions are in
two months with the Cardinals,
all by the Washington Bullets in 1995
to free agent forward Brian Grant.
volved — you have more ups and
who broke the team record with
Citing an unidentified source close
and had a turbulent rookie season.
downs.
He averaged 10.1 points and 4.7 re
their 144th o f the season.
to the negotiations, the Columbian
“You get momentum on your side,
bounds in 65 games. His season was
said the deal was w orth betw een
you can ride that wave, it’s a great $75 million and $80 million. Tele
shortened by a broken wrist and he
feeling. And vice versa you can get phone calls to the team were not
also was charged with assault against
stomped on if the other guy gets hot.” immediately returned.
a female companion.
On this occasion the other guy did
Last summer, the Bullets dealt
The Trail Blazers beat the Octo
get hot but Woods will be gunning ber 1 st deadline for re-signing mem
Wallace and guard Mitchell Butler
for revenge on home ground in two bers o f the “Class o f 1995,” the first
to Portland for guard Rod Strickland
years’ time and all the better pre group o f rookies who were subjected
Ken Griffey Jr., who has 55
and forward Harvey Grant.
pared for his experience here.
home runs, took him self out o f the
Wallace would be the fourth mem
to the rookie salary scale. The 23-
Seattle M ariners’ lineup for the
ber o f the 1995 rookie class to sign an
year-old Wallace was to make $ 1.95
start o f a season-ending three-
ex ten sio n , jo in in g V an c o u v e r’s
million this season, the last year o f
game series against Oakland. It
his original three-year contract, and
Bryant Reeves, Utah’s Greg Ostertag
was the fifth game he’s missed
and Cleveland’s Bobby Sura.
would have become a free agent on
this season.
“Do I have a chance to break
the record?” Griffey asked. “I’ve
got six bombs to go and there ain ’ t
no way I’m going to break it.”
any o f the mas
By dropping out o f the race to
ter plan goals
catch Maris, he said it was more
im Eyen and Tony Brown have land staff.
fo r A lb e rta
important now to get some rest to
been hired as assistants for the
Eyen was a scout for the New
Park
have
been
get ready for next Wednesday
Portland Trail Blazers, the team an
York
Knicks last season. Before
im
p
lem
en
ted
night’s AL playoffopener against
nounced
Friday.
that,
he
was an assistant for eight
in
the
last
year,
thanks
to
funding
Baltimore here.
Both
have previous
ties to Blazers seasons with the Los Angeles Clip
from
the
1994
bond
measure
and
“What do I keep telling every
community involvement. The bond coach Mike Dunleavy. Eyen was an pers, Lakers and Bucks.
body? The record’s not impor
Brown, a fourth-round draft pick
im provem ents are scheduled for assistant to Dunleavy with the Los
tant. W hat’s important is getting
A ngeles Lakers and M ilw aukee by the New Jersey Nets in 1982 out
completion
this
month.
the trophy with all the flags on it,”
ast year over 200 park Bucks. Brown, a former NBA player, o f Arkansas, played seven seasons
he said.
neighbors and friends vol was a scout at Milwaukee when in the league. He was a scout for the
“The fans may not understand
unteered to help complete Dunleavy was coach and general Bucks the last three seasons.
it, but th at’s the way it is. It’s a
The Blazers open training camp
the construction o f the soft manager.
surface
team. It’s not a one-man show.”
Eyen and B row n jo in Elston O ct. 3 at L infield C ollege in
walking
trail
around
the
perimeter
o
f
M anager Lou Piniella thought
the park. The Community Treehouse, Turner to fill out D unleavy’s Port McMinnville.
Griffey made a wise decision.
a non-profit coalition o f neighbor
“W e’re just going to give him a
hood
groups and public agencies,
day o ff and give him a rest,” he
helped
organize this successful event.
said. “Put it this way, I think he
B
ond
p ro je c t im p ro v em en ts to
could use a day off.”
Alberta
Park include construction o f
Piniella said his All-Star center
a
new
restroom
located in the center
fielder could be back in the lineup
o
f
the
park,
installation
o f new
against the Athletics Saturday and
benches,
and
the
construction
o f new
Sunday.
path
connections
to
park
features
with
“W e’ll see what happens,” he
each
other
and
with
the
perimeter
said. “W e’ll worry about that to
sidewalk. The existing spiral slide
morrow.”
was relocated at the site being pre
Griffey said he doesn’t care if
pared
for the future playground.
McGwire fnishes with more home
with a
new playground was origi
runs than him. He will win the
ally
part
o
f
the
planned
bond
American League home title for
p ro je c t
im p ro v e m e n ts.
But
the second time. He won his first
contractor’s
bid
came
in
well
over
AL crown with 40 in 111 games in
budget and plans had to be scaled
1994 He has 55 in 155 games this
back.
Parks & Recreation is explor
year.
ing
alternative
funding or partner
“ I d o n ’t m easure my success
ships
to
help
make
the playground
by som ebody else," he said. “ I
MT. HOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE • GRESHAM
possible.
a in 't w o rried about M cG w ire.”
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FRANKLIN
4
GRANT
4
BENSON
3
MADISON
3
JEFFERSON 2
WILSON
2
LINCOLN
1
MARSHALL 1
CLEVELAND 0
ROOSEVELT 0
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2
2
3
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Mark McGwire
hit 58th home ru
M
Portland Trail Blazers sign
Rasheed Wallace $80 m illio n
P
G r iffe y
fin ish e s w ith
55 l l l f s
Alberta Park
Improvements
Sun Devils
O re g o n 4 9
defeats OSU S t a n f o r d 5 8
Thanks to a quick, stifling de
fense, Arizona State’s Pac-10 vic
tory streak is alive at nine.
Robert Nycz kicked two second-
half field goals and the 25th-ranked
Sun Devils survived 14 penalties,
three interceptions and a late fumble
for a come-from-behind 13-10 vic
tory over Oregon State on Saturday.
“Our defense really bailed us out
today,” redshirt freshman quarter
back Ryan Kealy said, “and they
have all year. Our offense needs to
put up more points, and a lot o f that
responsibility is on my shoulders. I
haven’t been getting the job done.”
The defending Pac-10 champion
Sun Devils (3-1) trailed 10-7 at half
time o f their conference opener, the
second year in a row that the Beavers
had led Arizona State at the break.
Arizona State, coming o ff a 13-10
home loss to BYU, w asn’t assured
victory until J ’Juan Cherry inter
cepted Tim A lexander’s pass to stop
a final Oregon State threat with 19
seconds to play.
No. 20 Stanford defeated O r
egon 58-49 in a record-setting
shootout Saturday night.
Hutchinson had scoring passes
o f 31 and 23 yards to Troy Walters,
80 yards to Damon Dunn and 9
yards to Jon Ritchie. A nthony
Bookman had a 67-yard scoring
run, Mike Mitchell scored on a 3-
yard run, Kevin Miller added a pair
o f 33-yard field goals and the Car
dinal got a late safety.
Hutchinson, who went 21 -of-31
for 340 yards, threw for 246 yards
and four touchdowns in the first
half. He had just three scoring passes
in three previous games this season
for the Cardinal (3-1 overall, 2-0
Pac-10).
Jason Maas had five scoring
passes for Oregon (3-1,1 -1), which
had a six-gam e winning streak
snapped. M aas had touchdow n
strikes o f 66 and 47 yards to Pat
Johnson, 4 yards to L aC orey
Collins, 4 yards to Tony Hartley
and 3 yards to A.J. Jelks.
Trail Blazers hire
Assistant coaches
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